Miatta and Kiazulu Want to Have a School in Their Village by Veronica Fynn (2011) Miatta and Kiazulu do not come from the same tribal background but they have been living together in the same village since they were born. Miatta is 12 years old and Kiazulu is 10. One day, as they struggled their way to school, Miatta popped the big question: why don't we have a school in our village? With this conversation they learned about their human rights to primary education as children.
Legal Discrepancies: Internal Displacement of Women and Children in Africa By Veronica Fynn, (2011) Veronica Fynn’s “Legal Discrepancies: Internal Displacement of Women and
Children in Africa” is not only timely (produced soon after Africa
adopts its historical Convention on the Protection and Assistance of
Internally Displaced People in Africa, 2009). “Legal Discrepancies:
Legal Discrepancies: Internal Displacement of Women and Children in
Africa” offers the first comprehensive, holistic, and multi-disciplinary
examination on the efficacy of international, regional and national
laws and policies in protecting and assisting IDPs. Fynn’s research
provides a thought provoking framework for academics, lawyers, public
health practitioners, aid workers, national governments, regional
institutions and international organizations to rethink the legal space
within which internally displaced peoples lingers.
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Documenting the Undocumented: Redefining Refugee Status Veronica Fynn (edidtor), 2010 This Proceeding is a direct product of the Center for Refugee Studies
Annual Conference-- Documenting the Undocumented: Redefining Refugee
Status, which took place on April 16-17, 2009 at York University,
Toronto, Canada. It is a compilation of 11 scholastic essays ranging
from a wide variety of topics related to "undocumented people" -
domestic workers, internally displaced people, non-status students,
environmental displacement, resettlement, refugees, and more. These
thought provoking, yet unconventional pieces will attract academics,
non-academics, policy makers, practitioners, lawyers, policy makers and
others. Download Order Form
"Mother Passed it on" in Maguerite Andersen's Feminist Journeys By Veronica Fynn (2010) Ch 31, pgs 142-145 It all started with one woman: my Mama. Maybe this is my mother's story as much as it is mine. Whether it is hers, mine, or our shared story, here it is with gratitude, appreciation, and honour. I was born in Liberia more Feminist History Society
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Book Review: No Return, No Refugee: Rites and Rights in Minority Repatriation by Howard Adelman and Elazar Barkan Reviewing cases of ethnic displacement throughout the twentieth century in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Adelman and Barkan juxtapose the empirical lack of repatriation in cases of ethnic conflict, unless accompanied by coercion. Journal of Internal Displacement, Volume 2, Number 1 (2012)
Liberian Refugees: Accessing Health and Education in Exile By Veronica P. Fynn, Liberian Studies Journal, Volume 35, Issue 1 (2011) In the last two decades, the prevalence and incidence rates of violent conflicts have mushroomed in the Global South. No continent has been affected by these man-made atrocities other than the African continent. For Liberia, century old internal conflicts brewed into violent civil conflict claiming the lives of many and forcing thousands into exile. In 2008, an electronic interviewed questionnaire was used to survey Liberian refugees, international policy institutions, non-government organizations and UN Organizations to assess Liberian refugees access to health and education in exile. Of the 29 Liberian refugee respondents, 76% said they encountered challenges accessing education while 69% had similar challenges accessing healthcare. With immense lack of research in this area with regards to health and education access for Liberian refugees, the paper recommends the need for Liberians (and Africans in general) to make concerted efforts to prevent violent conflicts since providing quality education and health to this population is inherently difficult.
Africa's Last Colony: Sahrawi People - Refugees, IDPS and Nationals?
By Veronica Fynn, Journal of Internal Displacement: Volume 1 Number 2 (July 2011) For three decades some 180,000 (half the population of WS) Sahrawis have lived on the edges of Algeria in canvas tents and mud brick huts with no running water; using car batteries as their only source of electricity. Everything from food, shelter to medical care is donated by international aid agencies. The plight of Sahrawis are continuously ignored and downplayed partly as a result of lack of international support and media attention.
Around the Fringes of Internal Displacement: Trending Mass Movement of Aboriginals in Canada by Veronica Fynn, Journal of Internal Displacement: Volume 1 Number 1 (January 2011) In the name of religion and “civilization of the salvages,” Anglo-American/European descendants migrated across the globe leaving troubling legacies that span beyond simple voluntary mass movement of Aboriginal peoples. Their thirst for colonization and imperialism resulted in exclusion, social injustices, subjugation, decimation and forced displacement of several nations of indigenous communities.
Is the Law a Determinant of Health By Veronica Fynn (2010) Canadian Public Health Association Health Digest, Autumn 2010 Vol 35 No 3 Have you ever wondered why, internationally, the legal profession highly regards objectivity and impartiality, yet many suffer because of discriminatory and ineffective laws? The international community has created beautifully worded human rights instruments to ensure our human dignity, respect and decency; however, the gross human rights abuses observed around the globe, both clandestinely and overtly, are alarming. One could argue that the general purpose of creating laws is to break them (create-break theory). Download PDF
Immigrant Women Lauded at Launch of the Catherine Parr Traill Award By Fernanda Gomes TESL Newsletter, Autumn 2009 Five remarkable immigrant women in the Greater Toronto Area were recently honoured for
their courage and contributions to Canada at the inaugural of the
Catherine Parr Traill Awards at Metro Hall on September 23, 2009 more
Refugees: Women and Children by Veronica P. Fynn CIDA Youth Zone, May 2006 The
World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that there are 50 million
displaced people and refugees (including asylum seekers, refugees,
internally displaced and repatriated persons and non-displaced
populations affected by war and organised violence) around the world.
Of these, only 23 million people are protected and assisted by the
United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
Miatta and Kiazulu Want to Have a School in Their Village by Veronica Fynn (2011)
Documenting the Undocumented: Redefining Refugee Status 
"Mother Passed it on" in Maguerite Andersen's Feminist Journeys
Book Review: No Return, No Refugee: Rites and Rights in Minority Repatriation by Howard Adelman and Elazar Barkan
Book Review: Growing Up Naked: The Untold Stories of Children at War (McAnthony Keah)